[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6243 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6243

To prohibit Federal public benefits for or naturalization of any alien 
who receives a payment pursuant to an agreement to settle certain civil 
                    actions, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            December 9, 2021

 Mr. Weber of Texas (for himself, Mr. Johnson of Ohio, Mr. Duncan, Mr. 
    LaMalfa, Mr. Babin, Mr. Sessions, Mr. McKinley, and Mr. Ellzey) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
   the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
   each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the 
                jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To prohibit Federal public benefits for or naturalization of any alien 
who receives a payment pursuant to an agreement to settle certain civil 
                    actions, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No More Free Ride Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITING FEDERAL PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR AND NATURALIZATION OF 
              CERTAIN ALIENS.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any alien who entered 
the United States unlawfully and receives a payment pursuant to an 
agreement to settle a civil action brought by the alien for any harm 
sustained by the alien as a result of enforcement of the immigration 
laws, shall be ineligible for any Federal public benefit (as such term 
is defined in section 401(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611)) and 
naturalization as a citizen of the United States.
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